Rick: Okay, look.
Amber's isn't trying to hurt
your feelings.
She's just telling
you the truth.
L.A. can be a really
tough place.

April: Fine.
Fine, believe what you want.
But you were not here, okay?
You did not see the way
he reacted, okay?
The way I got under his skin,
and I am going to be on "the Craig Kilborn show."
I came to L.A. to be a star,
and as of today, I'm on my way.

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Brooke: Ridge says you're
a real math wiz.

Thomas: Math is okay.

Brooke: It's not
your favorite subject?

Thomas: I like science.

Brooke: Really?
I was a chemist before I was CEO
at Forrester Creations.

Ridge: Hey, it looks like
you guys started without me.

Girls: Daddy, you're home!

Ridge: Hey.
I didn't think I was that late.

Brooke: Well, the girls were
hungry, and Thomas and I said
they didn't have to wait.

Ridge: I see.
So what we having?

Phoebe: Burritos!

Brooke: Sea bass and seviche
for the grownups.

Ridge: Did you have Catherine
order from Las Olas?

Thomas: No, I did it myself.

Steffy: We all went
and picked it up!

Ridge: Well, I feel like
I missed all the fun.

Brooke: There's a lot left
in the kitchen.

Ridge: Okay, well, I'll have
to go out and make myself
a plate.

Brooke: Or you can share
those strained carrots
with Hope.
I think she got half that bowl
all over her face.

Ridge: Well, maybe I will. Mmm.

[Laughing]
Carrots.
Ahh.

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[Knock on door]

C.J.: Yo, Bridget.
Hey.
Sorry to bug you, but Raquel
called in sick.
I don't necessarily believe her,
but I was wondering if you could
cover her shift.
What's the matter?
Are you okay?

Bridget: Huh?

C.J.: Bridget, what happened?
What's going on?

Bridget: Ridge and I just
kissed.

C.J.: Wait, so you and Ridge
just kissed each other?

Bridget: Yeah.

C.J.: When?
When?
Just now?
He's not still here, is he?

Bridget: No, no.
He left.
He's gone.

C.J.: So, what, he just
kissed you and then took off?

Bridget: He was -- he was
trying to cure me.

C.J.: Uh, of what?

Bridget: My feelings for him.
He said that they weren't
romantic, and he could prove it
with a kiss.

C.J.: And you let him?

Bridget: It was
an experiment.

C.J.: Whatever.
Wait a minute.
An experiment?
I don't understand.
What are you talking about?

Bridget: He thought that once
we kissed that I would be
over it.

C.J.: I see, and what, this
is something that
you didn't want to do?

Bridget: No, I was just --
I was nervous.

C.J.: Nervous?
You seem a little freaked out, Bridget.

Bridget: I'm fine.
I'm fine.
I just need a second to catch
my breath, you know?

C.J.: Must've been some kiss.

Bridget: It was.

C.J.: So, did it work?
I mean, ridge's little
experiment?
Did you feel anything?
Were there fireworks?

Bridget: It was the fourth
of July, times ten.

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Brooke: So what kept you?
I heard that spectra was swamped
with orders after Portofino.

Ridge: Actually, I stopped
by Bridget's.
She said to say hi to all
of you.

Thomas: Is she coming
over soon?

Ridge: I don't know.
She's pretty -- pretty busy
with her schoolwork.

Thomas: I'm glad she didn't
go to Copenhagen.

Ridge: We all are, sport.

Brooke: How is she?

Ridge: Good.
Busy.

Brooke: I'm really proud
of her.
She stayed focused through all
of this, everything that's
happened this year, and she's
doing really well.

Ridge: She's pretty
incredible, all right.
Like mother, like daughter.

Brooke: Well, thank you.
That's very sweet.
But I don't think I could have
handled everything that Bridget
has at her age.

Ridge: I don't know many
people that could.

Brooke: And I'm sure that
your father's just as proud
of all of you.

Ridge: You bet I am.
Talk about doing well
in school -- Thomas has done
a complete turnaround this term.

Brooke: Oh?

Ridge: Oh, yeah.
His teachers are very, very
proud.
Had a little rough go of it
there for a while, but I think
that's all behind him.

Brooke: Oh, that's great, Thomas.

Phoebe: I got an A
on my spelling test.

[Brooke gasps]

Ridge: Yes, you did.
And Steffy aced her book report.
Didn't you, kiddo?

Brooke: All right.
I'm starting to feel a little
intimidated here.
Having dinner with all of these
geniuses.

Ridge: Yeah, well, I know
what you mean.
These guys amaze their old man
every day.

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Amber: April, I don't mean
to sound like a pessimist,
but you have to be realistic.